Child Pornography

Los Angeles Child Pornography Attorney

Representation from a Los Angeles Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer

Any
federal crime is a serious offense with severe consequences, but child pornography is
one of the most serious of them all. If you've been accused of this
type of crime, then a Los Angeles federal criminal defense lawyer may
be who you need to call. When a person produces, distributes, sells or
possesses any form of pornographic material exploiting or portraying a
minor, they are committing a crime referred to as child pornography. This
includes any printed, digital, photographic or videographic material.
Penalties for this crime can have a permanent and devastating effect on
the offender's life, so if you have been charged with child pornography,
be sure that you are educated on the penalties you may face and fight
your charges with the help of a Los Angeles criminal attorney.

What is child pornography?

Pornography involves the use of sexually explicit material, such as picture
images, videos and sometimes even writings. When these sexual materials
involve one or more child, the acts will be defined as ones involving
child pornography. The legal definition of child pornography includes
any sexual activity/images involving minors of a pre-pubescent or pubescent age.

In recent years, child pornography has become much more prevalent online,
as seen on the internet and via computer-generated images spread throughout
the web and elsewhere. In fact, this type of criminal activity has been
cited as one of the fastest growing criminal activities found on the Internet.
Today, it is not only a crime to involve oneself in the making of a child
pornographic film/picture/ etc., it is also considered criminal to own
any such materials.

Penalties for Child Pornography

The minimum prison sentence for a person convicted of child pornography
is 15 years, but in cases involving
sexual abuse and other such situations, the person may be
imprisoned for up to 50 years, and repeat offenders they may be imprisoned for life. Along with fines
and prison sentences, anyone convicted of child pornography will have
a mandatory sex offender registration for life. When this is the case,
it is nearly impossible to get a decent job of any kind.

Living situations can be miserable. Relationships are damaged—not
to mention difficult to build—once a person learns that you are
a registered sex offender. Additionally, a child sex offender will be
restricted in his / her abilities to move about the state, country and
world. Almost every area of a registered sex offender's life will
be irreversibly damaged in some way. So, if you are the victim of false
child pornography charges, don't hesitate another minute before contacting
a Los Angeles child pornography lawyer at
Martinian & Associates INC.